Primarily describes events in Virginia, however from Feb.-May 1863 the author was in eastern North Carolina, including Kinston, New Bern, Washington, Wilson, Ro

This is not the diary of a lieutenant or general, but instead that of an ordinary private. Leon Louis, at the age of nineteen, signed up to join the First North

Excerpt from Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier This diary was commenced for the fun of writing down my experience as a soldier from the Old North State. I